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All player handicaps for the 2nd half of the 2018/19 league season have been updated to reflect the results of the first half of the season up to and including league cup weeks prior to the Christmas break. Should you have any queries regarding your revised handicap then please email Trevor Parsons via swdsl@live.co.uk in the first instance.

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The drawsheets for the Last 32 Rounds of the Scratch Singles and Scratch Plus Singles are now uploaded to the league website. Please note that all matches are to be arranged by 14 January 2019 and played by 28 January 2019.

Please could the winner of each match report the result to the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram within 24 hours to enable the tournament drawsheet to be updated for the next round.

Should you encounter any issues in trying to contact your opponent then please contact the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram on 07901-723360.

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The drawsheets for the Last 16 Round of the Handicap Singles and Handicap Doubles are now updated on the league website. Please note that all matches are to be arranged by 14 February 2019 and played by 28 February 2019.

Please could the winner of each match report the result to the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram within 24 hours to enable the tournament drawsheet to be updated for the next round.

Should you encounter any issues in trying to contact your opponent then please contact the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram on 07901-723360.

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The drawsheet for the Last 32 Round of the John Webb Plate [Handicap Singles Plate tournament] is now uploaded to the league website. Please note that all matches are to be arranged by 14 December 2018 and played by 28 December 2018.

Please could the winner of each match report the result to the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram within 24 hours to enable the tournament drawsheet to be updated for the next round.

Should you encounter any issues in trying to contact your opponent then please contact the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram on 07901-723360.

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The annual Saffron Walden and District Snooker League Memorial Cup tournament, took place at Saffron Walden Snooker Club on the Sunday 18th November 2018, kindly sponsored by Stalley & Manley Builders and Decorators. The tournament format; 20 league players split into two groups of 10. Nine round robin matches, played off league handicaps. The prize, two tickets to both the afternoon and evening sessions of the Masters Snooker Championship at the Ali Pali on Monday 14 January 2019.

Group Stages

Both groups were closely contested, both decided by the final round of matches. If tied, the player who won the corresponding head to head match would progress.

Sam Duce won group A outright with 7/9 frames. Second place tied between John Manley and Trevor Parsons 6/9 frames. John progressing by head to head result. Group B was won outright by Aaron Gibson 8/9 frames. Second place tied between Leon Mozjeko and Mark Starr 7/9 frames. Leon progressing by his head-to-head result.

The two group runners up progressed to the final. The head start too much for Sam, with continued good play from Leon, his second successive final. Aaron’s great form shown during the round robin stages eluded him. Johns solid play saw him gain a place in the final.

John started the match better, Leon a little nervy. The players were almost level approaching the end of frame one. John looking the favourite. A pivotal moment changed the direction of the match. Leon’s safety shot, with a flick off the yellow snookered John behind the brown ball. From this, Leon’s consistent form shown all day came to the fore. Clinching the frame and winning the final 2-0.

Alongside the main tournament, a high break award. This year, a player’s handicap would influence their high break. Adding points to a player with a high handicap and subtracting from the lower handicapped, on a sliding scale. This introduced to enable any player a chance of winning. Last year’s overall tournament winner Simon Giblin won the high break award by one point over Jamie Sanderson.

Big thanks for all 20 players whom made the competition a success, enjoyed by all, Saffron Snooker Club for the venue and preparing the tables to the highest quality and finally our Life President Dan Lewis for running the event.

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The League Cup Drawsheet for the Last 32 Round is online and all matches are to be played during w/c 10 December 2018. All matches are to be played on the home team’s usual home league night and must be played during the scheduled league cup week or the team cancelling will forfeit the match. The Last 16 Round will be played w/c 17 December 2018. The drawsheet will be updated after the Last 32 Round.

To help with the busy run up to the Christmas break, for those league teams that are already through to the last 16 round of the league cup and know their opponent team, by agreement of both captains your match can be played the week before during the last 32 round as this is a free week for you. Please let Adam Ingram know if you do arrange to play your match early, thanks.

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The drawsheets for the Last 32 Round of the Handicap Singles and the Handicap Doubles are now on the league website. Please note that all matches are to be arranged by 14 November 2018 and played by 28 November 2018.

Please could the winner of each match report the result to the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram within 24 hours to enable the tournament drawsheets to be updated for the next round.

Should you encounter any issues in trying to contact your opponent then please contact the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram on 07901-723360.

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Following the success of previous seasons, the Memorial Cup will once again be played in the format of round robin singles with each player playing 1 frame against each other in their group. All matches including the knock out stages will be played off of league handicaps and time limited to 30 minutes per frame. The entry fee will be £10.00 which includes your table light all day, with the winner and runner up of each group going through to the knock out semi finals stage. The semi finals will be 1 frame time limited to 30 minutes, and the final will be best-of-three frames, no time limit. Entry will be limited to 20 players on a first come, first paid in advance basis. With the two round robin groups having 10 players in each, your £10 entry guarantees a minimum of 9 frames of snooker!

The winner of the tournament will receive a pair of tickets to both the afternoon and evening sessions at the Master Snooker Tournament in January 2019. Date to be advised.

Due to the tournament being limited to 20 entrants, entries must be made in advance of the day. You can secure your place by paying the £10 entry fee via Paypal payment processing. You don’t need a PayPal account to do this, just have any debit or credit card handy! Please use your name as the payment reference. If you wish to pay for other players as well as yourself, please email swdsl@live.co.uk to let us know who you have paid for. You can also pay cash prior to the day to either the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram or League Chairman/Treasurer Peter Saville. Please remember all entries are only secured once payment has been received. A list of entrants will be added to the website as entries are received. If we do not have 20 entrants by 12pm on Saturday 17 November 2018 then the tournament will be cancelled and all entry monies will be returned.

Please could the winner of each match report the result to the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram within 24 hours to enable the tournament drawsheets to be updated for the next round.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our two tournament sponsors, Mullucks Wells and The Fleur De Lys at Widdington.

Should you encounter any issues in trying to contact your opponent then please contact the Tournament Secretary Adam Ingram on 07901-723360. Please remember that it is the responsibility of both players to contact each other.

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Below are the Player Handicaps for the first half of the 2018/19 league season.

Please could all team Captains check that all their registered players have been allocated a handicap. Should you find any anomalies or have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact Trevor Parsons in the first instance via email to swdsl@live.co.uk, please DO NOT start a conversation on the WhatsApp Group.

Please include a contact number for all players being entered and also ensure that your players have read the Tournament Rules and can make all the dates set in the Season Calendar for the various semi-finals and finals.

Deadline for receipt of entries is Wednesday 26 September 2018 and the draws will take place at the Committee Meeting on Thursday 27 September 2018.

We do have quite a few league members already on our SWDSL WhatsApp Group, but for those that are not aware, amongst others matters we use this group;
1. for Captains / Vice Captains to report league results including the sending of a photo of the Match Result card after each match
2. for players to report tournament match results
3. to notify group members when the league tables have been updated
4. to notify group members when tournament drawsheets are added/updated to the website
5. to advise of other league news such as forthcoming events, tournaments, AGM etc.

Any registered league members can join the group so if you would like to be added to the SWDSL WhatsApp Group then please email swdsl@live.co.uk with your name and mobile number and we will email you back with a link to join the group.

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The 2018/19 League Fixtures for both the Three Player Division and Four Player Division have now been finalised and uploaded to the website. The Player Handicaps for the first half of the season will be uploaded following ratification at the Committee Meeting which is being held on Thursday 23 August 2018.

For information, the fixtures for the first two weeks of the league in both Divisions are detailed below. Should you have any queries with either the fixtures or handicaps then please contact the Fixtures/Results Secretary Trevor Parsons in the first instance.

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Ahead of the AGM on Tuesday 17 July 2018, the DMC Leisure Saffron Walden & District Snooker League requires your 2018/19 Team & Player Registration Form to be submitted to us no later than Sunday 8 July 2018. The online registration form can be completed in a few minutes via the league website or the link below and automatically submits your entry to us. In order to complete it you will need to have a mobile number and email address for each of the players that you wish to register. Registered players will prior to the start of the new season be added to our WhatsApp Group which many members find a useful way to keep up to date with league results and news.

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